What Terrier To Get For My 2 Boys

[BROCK DOG 126]

hi all i will be looking into getting my 2 boys a dog i will be looking for a dog to be a pet for them but also be there start of working dogs. I was thinking of getting beddy pup that can do bits of ferreting bushing i am not wanting to get them a digging terrier would like your opinions what dog do you reconmend for a first dog for my lads thanks jack

[bullx100% 681]

hi all i will be looking into getting my 2 boys a dog i will be looking for a dog to be a pet for them but also be there start of working dogs. I was thinking of getting beddy pup that can do bits of ferreting bushing i am not wanting to get them a digging terrier would like your opinions what dog do you reconmend for a first dog for my lads thanks jack

id say a bedlington wouldn't be the best choice of a first terrier.....they can be real head strong.....if of ferreting and bushing and a good pet I'd go with a jack....or a jack cross.....but if your lads have experience with terriers and can handle a Head strong dog then a beddy will bush and be a useful ferreting companion...

[Bosun11 537]

The bottom line is that you'll need to look into whatever breed you choose.

 

From experience, if I were in your shoes, it'd be a Lakeland type for me, off working parents. Lakies can be gassy, fiery types in the main and need little or no introduction to tackling.... well, just about anything!!

To me they are ideal dogs for keen youngsters, very forgiving and very driven.

[Richard Warwick 50]

jack Russell will do most jobs

[Shamo 319]

I rarely if ever recommend Terriers for bushing and ferreting. Beagle crosses are good little dogs for that job or even a nice little Beddy x Whippet, not ideal to have a Lurcher in the Bushes, but it is nice to have them about a set of holes with a Ferret in.

[BROCK DOG 126]

The boys are only young they will not be out with the dog without me being there that does that help give you abit more info? and i will be getting a patt for digging

[neil cooney 10,416]

Just my opinion, but let the boys decide. It will be a fun process bringing them to a show or two, read a few books, get a few magazines, learn about the various breeds / types and let them know the responsibility of owning a working dog. Don't let them hurry into it (like most dog owners). Then the decision is theirs.

[BROCK DOG 126]

Thanks for replys keep them comeing

[Ideation 8,216]

Aye, I like that, let them see a few breeds and see what clicks with them.

 

How old are they?

[Hot Meat 3,109]

Till they want one each cos they can't agree lol

Edited March 27, 2014 by Hot Meat

[BROCK DOG 126]

4 and 3 year bud so only young but theres nothing more they like than being out would hate to have them stuck in house on games

[BROCK DOG 126]

So proberly to young to ask them to choose which breed

[BROCK DOG 126]

Thats why i mentioned it will be there pet mainly being in the house but able to do bits when we out so not after a dog to go to ground

[russell tuck 127]

Black dog iv just got in the house from taking the boy and one of the terriers out a little russell a bolting bitch she's small 10 " tts and she's a great little bitch my boys 4 half he comes ratting with our pack of bedlington and the Russell bitch is small he can handle he on a chain while out on hour our just now she bolted a brace of fox from a kicked out rabbit earth with my boy watching them bolt 5 yards infront of him his face was a picture and he was bouncing afterwards patting the bitch telling her good girl my choice would be a small russell type or border type atb rt

[rob284 1,682]

Whippet, easily trained and gets em into ferreting